Babies Born ~ May 16th-31st 2009 #8

[CatherineL]

Glad to hear your appointment went well Naomi! Hope Bailey us taking to it all ok, brave little man.

I have a question about Brooklyn. I have been concerned about her lately. She doesn't talk anymore. She doesn't say our names, Ta or anything anymore... It's been a few months when I think about it. I googled about her going backwards with speech and some stuff on autism came up. I had a read and didn't think much of it because when I look at her, she seems/looks like a normal child. But the more I think about it, maybe she does do some odd things? Brooklyn likes to get things like nappies, blocks, cards etc. And carry them one at a time to another destination (usually wherever I am, like the kitchen) and stack them or line them up. I didn't think anything of it at first, but is it weird she does the trip to get one item at a time? She'll do it till there are no more of the newborn nappies left or if it's blocks, until she can find no more. She constantly squeals too - for no reason, out of the blue. That's something she's always done and I've always thought she was just expressing frustration but Daniel has always said surely it can't be normal. And since reading about autism, I've really noticed that Brooklyn doesn't always respond to her name. I've obviously noticed it before, but I always just thought she was ignoring me thinking she's a very independent child, yet a mummy's girl because she always likes to be close, but doing her own thing. Does this stuff sound normal to any of you? Are your kids doing similar things, gone backwards in speech etc? I'm not over worried because I think maybe I'm just being a paranoid mum and it's probably nothing. But at the same token, I don't want to leave it if it is something! I'm sure Rochelle was talking by now.

Eta - I forgot to add, that since... I think late last year, Brooklyn has been sucking on furry things. But most commonly, a toy dog... She likes to suck on it's ears. She would love to be constantly attached to it, but we only allow her to have it at nap and bed times. Is that weird that she sucks on furry things? She's happy otherwise!